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September Office tip mailbag: A little magic
Susan Sales Harkins answers Microsoft Office questions received from readers. This month the topics involve Excel and Word.
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Restore a Windows XP backup in Windows 8
Learn how to get Windows XP's Backup Utility to run in Windows 8 so that you can restore a backup.
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Screenshots: You can use Windows XP backup in Windows 8
Learn how to get Windows XP's Backup Utility to run in Windows 8 so that you can restore a backup.
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It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: October 2013
Tony Bradley gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft's October 2013 patches in your organization.
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Use Windows Easy Transfer over a network to migrate from XP to Windows 8
Move files and settings from Windows XP to a new Windows 8 computer using a network connection.
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Screenshots: Trouble free migration with Windows Easy Transfer
Move files and settings from Windows XP to a new Windows 8 computer using a network connection.
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Get ready for your upgrade to Windows 8.1
If you are already using Windows 8, the free upgrade to 8.1 is a no-brainer - you want it.
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10 cool new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials will now allow Essentials features in larger domains as a Windows Server role. See what else John Joyner picked as the best new features.
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Microsoft's Masters certifications: A bumpy road ahead
Microsoft's botched termination announcements of TechNet and its Masters level certification exams means that both the company and its future CEO will have a good deal of work making things right with...
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10 comparisons between Google Apps and Office 365
Google Apps and Office 365 are the leading contenders in the cloud-based business application space. Scott Matteson compares the two products.
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10 best new features in Excel 2013
Susan Harkins lists the new features from which Excel 2013 users will get the most benefit.
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Use PowerPoint's artistic effects to create superior backgrounds
PowerPoint 2007 and later offers artistic solutions for problematic backgrounds.
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Change the default amount time the Windows 8 boot menu displays
Override the defaults and reduce the amount of time that Windows 8's dual boot menu displays on the screen to an amount of your choice.
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Quick Tip: Two features in Windows 8.1 File Explorer you want to know about
The Windows 8 File Explorer has several features, which makes manipulating files a much more efficient experience.
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Quick custom folder sorting in Outlook 2013
Before Outlook 2013, you were stuck with an alphabetical listing of folders. Now, you can move folders to any position you choose.
